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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
GREENYILLE NOTES,

THE PROPOSITION OF THE FRISCO COM
PANY ACCEPTED BY THE CITIZENS.
Special to the Gazette.
GREENvILLE, TEX, April 1.-THE exc
cutive railroad committee of this city this
afternoon wired telegram to the proper
officials of the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railway Company at st. Louis &C
cepting the proposition recently made by
that company TO the citizens of this place
in connection with the proposed extern
sion of the Frisco from Paris to Roberts.
By the terms of the proposition the Citi-
Zens of Greenville guarantee to the above
mentioned company the payment of the
sum Of $4,000, also depot ground and
terminal facilities together with the right
of way uninCumbered through Hunt
county. The locating engineer corps,
which has been Stationed here, Camped
near the BecKbam hotel for two weeks
past, received orders this morning to
divide in two divisions, one to 60 to
Roberts, the other to Cooper and
from these points, respectively, TO begin
the work of locating and cross seCtiOning
the chosen lire of the extension. They
left early this morning to comply with
these orders. The filling up Of this gap
and Cooper, to Paris, give US an impor-
tant through line Independent and COM
petitive viii the Missouri Pacific to ST.
Louis. Embracing he points named, IN
addition to GreenviIle, the extension will
run through splendid, rich country every
fOet of the way from Paris to Roberts.
The securing of the Frisco does not sig
nifty that We are by any means Indifferent
to securing, also, the branch OF the ST.
Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway from
Commerce to Fort Worth. On the cons
trary, our people ere thoroughly alive to
the prime importance Of direct rail con-
nection with The Fort, and are actively ct
work and awake to their in
terests, and if enterprise and lib
erality will avail in the matter
Greenvilie will be an important stetion
on the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas,
between Commerce and Fort Worth.
Mr.. Sam Branthoffer, late agent of the
Missouri Pacific here, has been made
night dispatcher for the East line and |
Dallas and Greenville roads, with head
quarters st Greenyille; and Mr. A. L.
Downer, late agent at Pittsburg, has been
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
More About the Shooting scrape in the
Territory.

More About the Shooting scrape in the
Territory.
Special to the Gazette.
DENIsON, TEX, April 1.-THE news of
double shooting scrape which took
place yesterday just the other side of
Woodville, l. T., reached the city to-day
The circumstances, as near as can be
learned, are as follows: The captain of
the Indian police, Billy Fields, accompa-
MED by James Christian and Dave Hard
wick, Sheriff of the Choctaw Nation, had
in charge prisoner charged with cattle
stealing and were taking him to Tisho-
mingo. Billy Fields and Jim Christian
were in a buggy, with the pris-
oner between them. Hardwick was
about 100 yards behind on horseback,
when he heard the shooting. He dashed
forward just in time 10 see Alex Drusent
and Steve Russell galloping off on their
horses. He gave chase, but they sue
ceeded in making good their escape.
Hardwick returned to the buggy and
found both Billy Fields and Jim Christian
lying dead. The prisoner was retaken by
negro named CroWder Nix, who hap
pened to be near. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
Home Notes.

The Missouri Pacific has made slight
change IN its time table.
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande re-
ceived q train load Of steel rails yester-
day.
re. Shirley, travelling auditor of the
Houston and Texas Central, was in Fort
Worth yesterday.
The track of the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande is laid to WOotens, about twenty
two miles southwest of the courthouse.
News comes from beyond Quanah that
the Fort Worth and Denver is pushing
through Childress county at the rate Of d
mile day.
Thomas W. Jackson, land agent of the
Gulf, Colorado snd Santa Fe, who was in
the city Sunday night, left on Official
business yesterday morning.
Colonel Morgan Jones, president of the
Fort Worth and Denver, was in Fort
Worth yesterday, after several days spent
in the Territory in looking after the
Jones & HareY contract.
H. II Rspp, who is in charge of the
work of sinking the Texas and Pacific ar
tesian well near the roundhouse, began
the work of sinking the new casing yes
terdaY, which will be sunk below the cave
at $50 feet before drilling is resumed, if it
be found necessary to drill deeper.
Contractor Hughes on the Fort Worth
and Rio Grande was IN the city yesterday
and says that mis- work is nearly done to
Granbury. To morrow he will bring q
part of his force to Fort Worth to work
on some street contracts he has, while
the rest of the men will finish the grading.
1t is settled on excellent authority that
the ST. Louis and San Francisco will at
once build from Tulsa to a connection
with the Atchison-Gulf in the Territory,
which will give GAINESVILLE and Fort
Worth another direct line to St. Louis.
Fort Worth generally gets connection
with desirable lines before any other city
in the state.
1t is learned from Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe officials that when work ceased
last night the tracks OF the Atchison, TC-
peks ank Santa Fe and the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe were only tWenty-tour miles
apart. Something over two miles OF
track day is being put down, and 1t Is
now predicted that the junction Will be
made about April %.
The first coaches for the Fort Worth
snd Rio Grande have reached Fort
Worth. They are elegant in every par
ticular. The coaches proper are num-
bered I 2nd ,, and the baggage, mail and
half passenger coach in one is numbered
81. The painting is different from
thai of any of the coaches at
present seen in Fort Worth, being
dark red, and is said to be the same
color used by a Michigan line and the st.
Louis and San Francisco. The coaches
are ready for service, and that excursion
will probably soon tske place.
Captain E. B. Dsggett and City En-
gineer King returned from their visit to
the camp of the st. Louis, Arkansas and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
DALLAS.
McDuffie Alphabetically Shot by Col
ored Johannesburg for Divorce.

McDuffie Alphabetically Shot by Col
Ored Women-SuIng for Divorce.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, April I1.-Thomas II
McDuffie of WaXahachie, who has gained
such wide notoricty as a defaulter while
in the employ of s. S. Floyd & Co., who
escaped to Canada, was eXtradited, brought
back and released on bond, was arrested
at Dallas to-day under Indictment from
the grand jury covering the same case.
He readily gave bond. 1t is understood
that the dedication has been made good
with Floyd & Co. and that they will not
push the prosecution. McDufiie is a fine
business man, has an interesting family
and has the sympathy of many Dallas peo-
pie. His trouble grew out of culture "
speculations while in the employ of Floyd
& Co.
Another shooting occurred this even
ing. It occurred at a lunch stand kept
by BOman Green. The wife of BOman
got into an alteration with James Patter-
son, the porter for Schneider & Davis
Her husband took part, and received
severe blow on the head from a board in
dllSISOu uduNlS. w uIlS DOludu dUu
Patterson were struggling she wife Sc
cured a brace of pistols and shot Patter-
son, the ball entering on the left side.
The trouble grew out of harmful reports
concerning Boman and his wife, which
Patterson was accused of circulating.
The woman was arrested and jailed. Pat
terson's wound is fatal. All the parties
are COlOred.
Some months ago Miss Matte Reed
was married to George W. Dickey. The
event was shortly after the conviction of
DicBey for criminal assault upon her at
the St. George hotel. DIckey's case was
appealed. Pending the ruling of the
higher court the affair was satisfactorily
settled by the marriage of the two. To-
day the woman sues for divorce, alleging
cruel treatment, neglect and desertions
She says that Dickey declares he was
drunk st the time of the ceremony.
At the recent session of the grand jury
fifteen indictments were returned for
fraudulent land transactions. Messrs T.
A. Sims, W. H. Taylor and A. R.
Scripture, three of the parties indicted,
voluntarily surrendered themselves to-
day and Immediately gave bond. They
are men of the best reputation and do
not doubt that they will come out with
cut stain of suspicion. Mr.. Sims is
assistant County Attorney and bears an
excellent reputation. The trouble grew
out of loan negotiation in which land
was mortgaged for security.
Silas Wright, insane, was placed in the
county jsiI to-day.
Mrs Henry, the woman who was shot
by her husband on Saturday, while in
criminal relations with Hunter
Farrell of Piano, is still alive, though
there is no hope of her recovery.
Charity Scoot, the colored girl under
indictment in Arkansas for killing her
mother, left for Fort Smith under charge
of Deputy United States Marshal Ben
Cabell. She has shown many evidences |
of insanity while imprisoned here, and |
will doubtless present that plea. She |
talks of the matter with the utmost indif-
ference; does not pretend to deny the |
crime and says she would repeat it under
the same circumstances. 49,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
A MOULDERS' STRIKE.
The Demand for an Increase of Wages
Met by Refusal.

The Demand for an Increase of wages
Met by Refusal.
QUINCY, ILL April 1I.-AlI the moul.
ders in the town have struck. The pres
ent strike is owing to the strike inaugU-
rated at the works Of Bridge & Beach, St.
Louis, owing to their refusal to grant the
increase Of 10 per cent. in wages. Accord
ing to the provisions of the agreement of
the Manufacturers Association, several
firms in Quincy, Chicago and Milwaukee
have taken work from the Bridge & Beach
Company The ST. Louis mOulderS issued
an appeal to al stove moulders to refuse
suck WORK, and the present Strike is the
consequence. 1t is thought that the Mil
waukee stove mou.ders will refuse to
work on only casting for the Bridge &
Beach Company, an general lockout In
that city will follow, Mr.. Henry G.. Rib
bon of this city said to-day the prospects
were that there would be g long lockout.
owe cant give in" ne continued, "with-
out violating an agreement with the asso-
citation Even if this were not the case
we could not accomplish anything by
Opening up and refusing St. Louis work.
The demand of Is per cent. increase there
was only preparatory to general demand
for the same scale"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
RIPE FOB THE GALLONS.

History Of the Murder for, Which CRU
Rodriguez Awaits the Death Sentence.
Special Correspondence of the Gazette.
UvALDE, TEX, April Cruz Rod
riguez, convicted of murder in the frs
degree at the March term of District court
just closed, is shout thirty five years old
five feet eight inches high, with long aud
bushy hair and full beard. He has in
stinCts, habits and an intellect which are
not unlike the typical Mexican.
The crime for which he was convicted
was the murder of PanChO Garcia in
Uvalde about the middle of October,
1855. Garcia was called to his gate and
shot down with a Winchester rife Just
before day, expiring at once. Rodriguez
was positively identified by Garcia's wife
and daughter as the assassin, though
through fear of the murderer they did
not testify to the fact on the coroner's
inquest.
The grievance of Rodriguez against
Garcia was that few months prior to
the killing the defendant stole q span of
mules from the deceased, although i'm
mediateIy after the theft he ran away, and
was not seen here again until the time of
the murder. After the killing all the Mex
leans familiar with the circumstances at
once suspected Rodriguez. The defend
ant had lived with deceased's family, and
worked for him year or more before the
theft of the mules. Many of our MexiCAns
regard him as very dangerous Charac-
ter, and it is said they openly threatened
to mob him if he failed to be convicted
in court. On trial no evidence was in
troduced by the defendant; no explana-
ton was given of his where
abouts on the occasion of the
murder. On the other hand, all the evil
denCe of the state was very positive and
damaging. To add to the desperation of
his condition the defendant acknowledged
in Spanish that he was the murderer, out
said the court must prove it. This he did
contrary to the advice Of his counsel.
His declaration of guilt was readily IN
derstood by the jury, though from the
testimony of the prosecutions witnesses
it appeared supeTfuuus. Not until the
prisoner was called on to receive the decree
of the court did he make any statement
concerning the crime, when he stated
that he was in Mexico at the
time of its commission, which
he could prove by the American
consul al Piedras Negras and others. He
also told the court that he knew who the
guilty party was and could snow him up
if given time. Investigation of his state
ments is being made, though it is thought
they are groundless.
Pancho Garcia, the murdered Mexican,
was very popular among both whites and
Mexicans on account of his long resi-
dence here, coming to the county with
the first settlerspoetween 1850 and 1865,
and his well-known honesty and energy
Being man of this character he
never .hesitated to expose villainy and
unmask culprits, in which capacity he
had been of great assistance to stockmen. |
A few days after Garcia was killed Mex
Icsn named Martin, .who worked for him, |
went out one morning to get up his team
to haul wood, and not returning when ex-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
ON WALL STREET.
The General Steck Market FlHctHated
Within Narrow Limit, Closing
Heavy bnt Active.
Railroad Bonds Less Active-The Closing
Prices Show Irregular Changes
In Most Gases.
COMMERCIAL RESUME

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Rsilway bonds
to day sold as follows: Fort Worth and
Denver City at So; Texas and Pacific in
comes at 63b; Rios at 754; St. Louis, Ar
kansas and Texas rs at 1908; Houston,
and Texas Central rs at lis; Galveston,
Harrisburg and San Antonio SIS at SO.
Governments and sterling dull.
Money 4@6 per cent.
Wheat quiet and lower.
Cotton to points higher.
Oil closed at 653.
Coffee points lower.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, April 1.-The stock market
was feverish and unsettled to-day, being
never more than firm, but most of the
time heavy, and for short intervals weak.
The news of the day was not of a char
acter to affect values, but was meager and
unimportaEt and full of rumors which
had no appreciate effect. 1t being a
holiday in London, there WSs no arb1trage
business, but there was fair trading
by spectators at outside points. The
feature OF the day was the strength and
activity in Reading, over one-third of the
entire business of the day being in that
stock. The opening was generally firm
at !@s above Saturdays closing figures,
but the advances were not maintained IN
the early dealings and almost the entire
market yielded fractional amounts.
These losses, however, were after
wards generally recovered, but toward
noon the heaviness again became
apparent, excepting Reading and Jersey
Central. There was larger volume of
business in the afternoon, but the general
market tiuctuating within a narrow limit
lost small fractions, the close being
heavy but active.
Railroad bonds less active. The clos
ing prices show irregular changes.
Government bonds dull but firm.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

Inc supper was Iald on the table trim
When out COMES, roaring, my Young son. lin
Oh daddy, the rats! Adozen or two,
Are gobbhng the supper, and baby too.
My wife, with scream. seized iron and broom.
Iclutched bottle4 and made for the room
Never was heard sach a hullabaioo
1t woke up the cat, andthe terrier. TOO.
The terrier thought We were hunting the cat.
Got grip of her tail, as she went for the rat.
Jim. with his hatchet, talnbled over a pail
And tried to hold terrier back by the tail.
caught jim by the wool but rather too late
Inc able received such bump from his pate
That teapot, plates lamp, chairs. baby and all,
Were upset ON the floor, midseFash and squall.
The people about shouted - Murder Fire "
and the police rushed in the cause to inquire;
They d listen to nothing, we wanted to state,
But to the next station lugged meoff straight.
Swore was drunk nearly nlurderedm my wife,
And of nay poor infant endangered the life,
broke tsbes, chairs and the crockerygsaae
Not needing a word my pooh wife did swear,
Imprisoned and fined cursed my sad ts5e
Instead of depending on traps, dogs or cats,
My only protection vas ReUaa On RATs: -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
The Central Ordered Sold.

Special to the Gazette.
WACO, Tex, April 1l-United States
Circuit Judge Don a. Pardee to-day issued
a decree ordering the sale of the Texas
Central Railway, which is to occur sixty
days after notice of sale, in the city OF
Waco. The sale is ordered to satisfy
two claims held by the Farmers Loan
and Trust Association of New York, the
first claim amounting to So, 900, see
ond 81, 224 900, with all interest thereon,
which dates back for number of years.
The decree is not yet signed but it is ex-
pected 1t will be by tomorrow, when
notification of the date of sale will be
given.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
EARLY ENGLISH.
Curious Traits and Costumes of Our
British FOrefathers.
Casseps English History.


CasseTs English History.
The English appear to have been ex-
Ceedingly fond of dress. Ladies of rank
wore necklaces, bracelets and rings set
with precious stones. Nantes, kirtles
and gowns were also IN general use, and
rouge was not unknown to them. In the
men this taste for tinery degenerated into
effemiGacy They wore golden collars,
and not infrequently precious stones,
round the neck, and the wealthy wore
costly bracelets and rings. They had
silk, linen and wooden garments. Silk,
from its costliness, was used only by the
wealthy.
The fashion of their garments, of
course, varied. They had large man
ties, which were Ornamented with gold
and gems; close coats or TUNES, girded
with q belt, which Styutt repre-
sents as having been put on over
the head like shirt. MANY
Englishmen are not aware that the
spock frOck of the hus0andmen of
our own day is pure piece of old Eng
lish costume; and if it were well made,
frightened with broad belt and worn by
q nan of good carriage, it would form
much handsOmer dress than the unmeau-
ing stiff cut coats of our time. Socks and
stockings and other coverings for the
legs are mentioned by Euglis1 writer's.
The articles OF costume were of great
variety. taste for gorgeous inery ap-
pears in the dress Of the male sex. We
read of kings coronation garment be-
ing made of silk woven with gold flowers,
and of a cloak studded with gold and
gems. The dress of the soldiers and
civilians usually consisted of q close
coat or tuniC, reaching only to
the knee, and q short cloak over
the left shoulder, which buckIed on
the right. This cloak was often trimmed
with an edging Of gold. The kings and
mobiles also commonly wore dress very
similar to this, only richer and more ele-
CANT. In the p-4Itings of the manu-
scripts the women are usually represented
in long, loose robe, reaching to the
ground, and with loose sleeves, the latter
sometimes hanging a yard in length,
Upon the head is hood or veil, which
falls down before, and is gathered into
folds round the neck and breast. The robe
is often Ornamented with broad borders
of different ColOrs. Both men and women
wore shoes, or rather slippers; the legs of
the men being covered half way up with g
kind of bandage wound round, or else
q straight stocking reaching above the
knee. Up to the period of the con-
quest, the taste for gold ornaments had
and massive bracelets for the
arms and neck, rings for the ti0gers and
chains Of gold were common. Among
the nobility circlets of gold set with
levels were worn on the head, and belts
md girdles were much admired, and were
often richly Ornamented.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
The Railroad Bovcott.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, April 1l.-Satur-
day night ticket agent of the Pennsyl-
vania road at Logansport refused to sell q
party of twelve tickets to San Diego over
the Chicago and Alton road, the western
connection of the Pennsylvania lines
which the Pennsylvania Company has
boycOtted. He offered to sell the party
tickets reading over competing line of
the Chicago and Alton. a representative
of the Chicago and Alton will this morn
ing go to Logansport with instructions,
sh uld the Pennsylvania agent still re-
fuse to sell tickets via their lines, to bring
the matter before the United States court
under the discrimination clause of the
new laws.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
Gould at St, Louis,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 1l.-Jay Gould
arrived here this morning with his son,
Howard, Judge Dillon and a. S. Hop
kins. They were met by S. H. H. Clark,
general manager of the Southwestern
system, and General Superintendent Kerri-
gan, who accompanied them to South ST.
Louis. 1t is believed that Gould's visit
here is to make arrangements for estab-
fishing new shops, building a new depot,
and to watch the terminal facility bill.
He will remain several days.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
Houston and Texas Central R'y,

THE ONLY ALL-sTEEL LINE IN TIKI STATE.
Double daily trains each way. Through
Sleepers between New Orleans and St
Louis on TT ms q ID I, and between Galveston
and St. Louis on Trains andy via Dallas
ton and Austin. Through Tickets to all poigts.
QUICKEST route to New Ore ns and points In
the Southeast. Choice of routes via DenisOn
steamship tickets to Or from any point In
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

The fact has just come to light that
soon after her marriage Mrs. Cleveland
was rendered by the Sultan of Turkey the
Order OF the Caliphate. The Sultan made
the offer in graceful way, but Mrs.
Cleveland, through the President and the
State Department, declined the proffered
honor.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
Texas Midland Route
GULF, COLORADO GANTAFER'y.
Reclining Chair Cars
On all Through Trains between
Galveston, FtWorth, Gainesville
FREE to Passengers holding First Glass
Through Tickets.

TIHE ONLY ROUTE running solid through
characterization, Fort Worth, Gainesville.
twenty Two miles the shortest route-Fcrt
Worth to gainesville. The best route to Dallas
tarmersStile, Honey Grove. Twenty seven
miles the shortest route-Dalas to Honey
Grove. The favOrite Route 10 Houston, Naya-
sofa, Montgomery, COnrOe. The only route to
Lampasas, BrGwnwOoG, Ballnger, Coleman.
Direct connection 70 Austin, Waco, Gates
vile, san Antonio, Memphis, ST. Louis, Kansas
City and all points north, ca t and west.
JAMES S. Clark,
Gen'l Pass and Tiki. Agt., Galveston
Q. D. LUSK, Ticket AGt., Fort Worth -
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TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
EAST BOUND.
TRANSCONTINENTAL.


Fort Worth, Whitesboro and Arrive. Leave.
Texarkana ................ 40 am 7:45 N
TexarEana.....e-. .,,., 9:OOpn 9:2O JPN
SOUTH BOUND.
Fort or Worth .- ..,...,...". 500 pm 500
TeXarkana, Sherman ana
Fort Worth. -......-....... SD m S:4O N
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

appointed agent to take the place made
vacant by Mr.. Branthoffer's promotion.
The change takes effect tonight.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
THE RAILROADS.
The st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas
Engineers to Run Second Line
from Grapevine Here.

The Atchison and Gulf Only Twenty -Four
Miles Apart-Another Direct st. Louis
Lfne-New Coaches-HOme Notes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12

Farmers will find mat ST. Jacobs Oil
removes all soreness after hard days
work
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-12
SOUTH BOUNI
GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE.
snrTH ROrNn.

SOUTH BOUND.
Mail and express, daily. $50 m $40 m
Accommodation, mixed train 700 N
Accom- modation, mixed train STOP m
NORTH BOUND.
Mail and express, daily S:z5 m 9:O5 m
Accommoc alton, mixed train 7:45 a n